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Title: Decomposing the increase in mens time on childcare during the great recession

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: In this paper, I examine the time men spent on childcare during the recession of 2007-2009. The recession provides a sudden change in the employment opportunities of men relative to women in the United States. Using the American Time Use Survey and the linked Current Population Survey, I show that his lopsided shock to employment opportunities was accompanied by an increase in the average amount of time men spent on childcare. In particular, men's average time on physical care for children increased during the recession; this is an element of childcare that men perform less than women. I decompose the total change in average time on childcare into behavioral, compositional, and between group change. A behavioral change among employed men accounted for the majority of the total increase in the average time spent on childcare; among men who are out of the labor force, the increase is entirely due to compositional changes.

Url: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11150-014-9263-8

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Authors: Gorsuch, Marina M.

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics of the Household

Issue: 1

Volume: 14

Pages: 53-81

Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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